Every person and every organization face situations when some commitments fail. If there is no accountability in the project – it will proceed without anyone been affected. The final outcome of the project will never be realized and the alibis for this will be numerous. All project stakeholders, including the client and team members will feel frustrated and nervous. Read More
Project scope is the part of project planning that involves determining and documenting a list of specific project goals, deliverables, tasks, costs and deadlines. Effective scope management requires good communication to ensure that everyone on the team understands the scope of the project and agrees upon exactly how the project’s goals will be met. As part of project scope management, the team leader should solicit approvals and sign-offs from the various stakeholders as the project proceeds, ensuring that the finished project, as proposed, meets everyone’s needs. Read More
Project managers often put in a situation when they should make critical decisions on the spot. This is the moment when you have to deal with a great amount of pressure, and what makes the situation even more complicated is the lack of information and feedback from stakeholders. Read More
Nowadays the word ‘meeting’ is often associated with wasting time. Too often meetings start with good intentions but go on way longer than expected and end up with no objectives achieved.
Here are simple best practices that will enable more effective discussions and help to ensure that nobody is wasting time, money and resources. Read More
Scrum is an iterative Agile software development method for managing projects and product or application development. Nowadays, Scrum has been used by everyone from marketing agencies to construction crews. Any time you’re starting a new project, be it software or an email campaign, Scrum can help you organise your team and get more work done in less time. Read More
Although there are many Agile development methodologies, but Scrum is definitely the most mentioned one by developers. You may have heard about extreme programming, feature-driven development, and others – but today Scrum is likely to be ‘the new black’, and there are countless sources spreading wisdom to Scrum devotees.
Having so much information on hand, it’s easy to get lost in Scrum jungles. Here is a list of things you might be doing wrong that constantly make Scrum fail.
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Optimism is one of the essential traits of inspiring leaders. And no matter how difficult the situation may be, they always stick to a positive mindset and never use economic excuses to ‘stay in place’ – they see opportunities in every difficulty. Read More
The Agile Manifesto emerged in 2001 and changed the way we look at software development. At that time the development process was broken – it was too slow, too expensive and often delivered faulty products.
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These days companies face a huge amount of challenges. Uncertainty and unpredictability have become the norm, and in these conditions, it’s not enough to be a good leader. You have to stand out to lead the company in a changing environment and inspire people to get better results. Read More
